The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-30
NO. 26.

laDlcS, ana chased Ice coolers, ana III lne
strychnine, and the logwood and the tar
taric acid, and the nux vonlica, that go to
make up our 'pure" American drinks.
/ looked with wondering eyes on the
Heidelberg tun.' 1t is the great liquor
vat of Germany, which is said to hold 500
hogsheads of wine, and only three times
in 100 years has it been filed. But, as /
stood and looked at il, / said TO myself:
''rhat is nothing-S00 hogsheads. Why,
our American vat holds 4, 800, coo barrels
Of strong drinks, and we keep 800, 600 men
with nothing to do but to see that it is
! filled" Oh, to attack this great monster
of intemperanoe, and the kindred mon
stcrs of fraud and uncleanness, requires
you to rally all your Christian courage.
Through the press, through the pulpit,
! through the platform, you must assault
! it, Would TO God that all our American
Christians would band together, not for
crack Drained fanaticism, but for holy
Christian reform. l think it was in 1898
! that there went out from Lucknow, India,
under the sovereign, the greatest hunting
! party that was ever projected. There were
/ 10000 armed men in that hunting party.
| There were camels, and horses, and ele-
| plants. On some princes rode, and royal
! ladies, under exquisite housings, and 500
coolies waited upon the train, and the
/ desolGte places of India were invaded by
! this excursion, and the rhinoceros, and
deer, and elephant, fell under the stroke
Of the saber and bullet After while
The party brought back trophies worth
fifty thousand rupees, having left the
! Wilderness Of India ghastly with the slain
bodies Of wild beasts. Would TO God
that instead OF here and there straggler
| going out to fight these great monsters of
iniquity in our country, the million men,
Il. II
! gether and hew in twain these great
crimes that make the land frightful with
their roar, and are fattening upon the
bodies and souls Of immortal men. Who
is ready for such II party as that? Who
VIII be mighty hunter for the LordS
j remark again: IL you want TO be sue
| ccsSful in spiritual hunting, you need not
| only TO bring down the game, but bring
il in. 1 think one Of the most beautiful
pictures Of Thorwaldsen is his Autumn"
1t represents n sportsman coming homo
and standing under grapevine. lie has
u staff over his shoulder, and on the other
end of that staff are hung rabbit
and brace of birds. Every hun
ter brings home the game. No
one would think of bringing
down reindeer or whipping up
a stream fer trout and letting them lie in
the woods. At eventide the camp is
adorned with the treasures of the forest
beak and fin and 0ntlcr.
II you so out to hunt for immortal
souls, not only bring them down under
the arrow Of the gospel, but bring them
into the church Of God, the grand home
and encampmept we have pitched this
side the skies, Fetch them in; do not let
them lie out in the open field. They need
our prayers, and sympathies, and help.
That is the meaning of the church of God
help, O ye hunters for the Lord!
not only bring down the game, but bring
it in.
If Mithrdates liked hunting so well
! that for seven years he never went in
doors, what enthusiasm ought we to have
who are hunting for immortal souls? il
Domitian practiced archery until he could
stand o boy down in the Roman amphi-
theatre, with hand out the fingers out
stretched, and then the king could shoot
an arrow between the fingers without
wounding them, to what drill aud prac-
tice ought not we to subject ourselves in
order to become spiritual archers and
''mighty hunters before the LordW But
let me say you will never work any better
than you pray. The old archers took the
bow, put one end OF it down beside the
foot, elevated the other end, and it was
the rule that the bow should DO Just the
size of the archer; il it were Just his size,
then he would go into the battle with con-
.idencc. Let me say that your power to
project good in the world will correspond
exactly 10 your own spiritual stature. In
other words, the first thing in preparation
for Christian work is personal consecra-
ton.
Oh. for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame,
A lghtto shine upon the road
That leads me 10 the Lamb.
am sure that there are some hero who
at some time havo been hit by the gospel
arrow. You felt the wound of that con-
| viction and You plunged into the world
, deeper, just as the stag, when the hounds
are after it, plunges into Scroon lake, ex-
pCcting in that way to escape. Jesus
, | Christ is on your track to-day, impenitent
, | mani not in wrath, but in mercy. O We
, chased and painting souls, here Is the
stream of Gods mercy and salvation,
where you may cool your thirst, Stop
that chase Of sin today. by the red foun-
, | tain that lcaped from the heart OF my
Lord, bid you stop. There is mercy for
you mercy that pardons; mercy that
heals; everlasting mercy. Is there in all
: | this house any one who can refuse the
, | offer that comes from the heart Of the
, | dying Son Of God2
+ There is forest in Germany, place
! they call the 'deer leap'-two crags
+ about eighteen yards apart, between a
! fearful chasm. This is called the ''deer
q leapn because once hunter was on the
! ! track of a deer; il came 10 one OF these
e | crags; there was 10 escape for it from the
| | pursuit Of the hunter, and in utter de-
! spair it gathered itself up, and in tho
! death agony attempted TO juutp across
\ OF course, it fell, and was dashed on tho
! rocks far beneath. Here is n path to
/ heaven; it is plain; it Is safe. Jesua
G marks it out for every man TO walk ip
Y But here is q man who says: 81 WON'T
+ walk in that path; l win take my owI.
4 way" He comes on up until he confronts
@ the chasm that divides his soul from
@ heaven. Now, his last Hour has come,
q and he resolves that he will leap that
chasm, from the heights Of earth to the
J.. heights of heaven. Stand back now and
o give him full swing, for no soul ever did
: that successfully. Let him try. Jumpl
|, Jumpl He misses the mark, and he goes
down, depth below depth, destroyed
without remedy" Mcnl angelsl devils
: what shall we call that place of awful
\ catastrophe9 Let it be known forever as
+ '"The Sinners Death Leapn
!, 1t is said that when Charlemagne's host
n was overpowered by three armies OF tho
n Saracens in the pass of Roncesvalles his
4 Warrior, itolunu, lh lerTlDlc carneSlncSS,
G seized a trumpet and blew it with such
v terrific strength that the opposing army
reeled back with terror; but at the third
. blast Of the trumpet it broke in two. I
:, see your soul flercely assailed by all tho
? powers Of earth and he'll / put tho
\ mightier trumpet of the Gospel TO my lips
y y and l blow it three times. Blast the first:
= ''Whosoever will let him come" Blast
: the second: "Seek yc the Lord while he
= may be found" Blast the third: "Now
. is tho accepted time; now is the day of sal-
:, vation.n. Does not the host OF your sins
!, fall back? But the trumpet does not, like
= that cf Roland, break in two As it was
- handed down 90 us from the lips Of our
!, fathers we hand it down to the lips OF our
=, children, and tell them to sound il when
we arc dead, that all the generations Of
;, men may know that our God is n pardon
: ing God, n sympathetic God, a loving God
: and that more u him than tho anthems